Chennai: The system for selling liquor through online and app-based methods will come into use starting today.
The TASMAC administration has released an explanatory video on how to buy liquor online. There are currently 4,000 TASMAC shops operating in Tamil Nadu. There have been लगातार allegations that liquor is being sold at prices higher than the MRP in these shops. To address this issue, the TASMAC administration has been taking various measures.
In this situation, TASMAC officials have said that a separate app and website for liquor sales will come into use starting today. The TASMAC administration has released an explanatory video on how to buy liquor online.
On the online pre-booking website, consumers must first select the store nearest to them. Then they must choose the type of liquor they need. On the payment page, they must enter their mobile phone number to receive an OTP, enter it, and make the payment. After this, a receipt with a QR code will be generated, which consumers must download and show to the store staff at the pre-booked store.
The store employee will first scan the customer’s receipt using the device in the store, then take the liquor the customer has registered and scan that as well. Once both are confirmed to be correct, the screen for printing the receipt will appear. The receipt will be printed there, and the liquor will be handed over to the customer. This is what has been stated there.
Anbumani urges withdrawal
In a statement issued yesterday, PMK leader Anbumani said: The reports that TASMAC liquor varieties in Tamil Nadu are going to be made available for online pre-booking, and that a separate website has been launched for that purpose, are shocking.
Through this website, one can find out what kinds of liquor are available in all 4,048 liquor shops across Tamil Nadu from anywhere in the state and make advance reservations after checking their prices. This will increase liquor trade as well as liquor consumption. Allowing liquor to be reserved online will not bring credit to the government. Therefore, the Tamil Nadu government should abandon the liquor advance reservation scheme, which will increase liquor consumption. He said this.
